Never hesitate to make someone's day a little brighter
Includes video report
By Kate Northrop
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — A California woman repaid the friendly cashier who sold her a winning lottery ticket by giving him half of her prize.
A video of the kind gesture went viral on Instagram after her grandchild documented her handing balloons and money to the surprised clerk (see the full video below).
Marion Forrest, 86, makes it a point to buy her Fantasy 5 lottery tickets every week at Duke's Mini Mart on Frank Sinatra Drive in Rancho Mirage. Last week, she made her regular visit when the cashier told her about a $500,000 jackpot and convinced her she should buy a ticket.
She made a promise that if she were to win it, she would split the winnings with him.
"I felt so good walking out of the store because he was gracious and sweet," Forrest told News Channel 3.
While the clerk may have gotten the figure wrong, because there was no recent $500,000 jackpot in the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 game, Forrest did walk away with a $300 prize.
Last Wednesday, she stood by her promise and made a surprise visit to the store, where she greeted the same cashier with balloons with his name on them and an envelope containing $150.
Walter, the clerk who sold the winning ticket, told News Channel 3 that he was very thankful for the gift and remarked that she has been a loyal customer for years.
The video showing the good deed was shared by the Good News Movement account on Instagram and has been viewed over 7 million times at the time of this publication.
VIDEO: Watch the moment Marion surprised the clerk
Wow what a nice story! She kept her promise.If the prize was 500 K . She appears to be genuine I think she would have split it.
"I Guess she did it her way!"
Something tells me that if the prize had been $500,000 as the clerk originally thought, it would not have made a difference to his woman. She would have come back and honored her word. My grandmother used to tell me, when you get that age, your word is everything.
Sweet lady
she won a half a million dollars and only gave the clerk a hundred and fifty bucks? Horrible lady.
From the OP
While the clerk may have gotten the figure wrong, because there was no recent $500,000 jackpot in the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 game, Forrest did walk away with a $300 prize.
Last Wednesday, she stood by her promise and made a surprise visit to the store, where she greeted the same cashier with balloons with his name on them and an envelope containing $150.
//////////////////////////////////////////
Might be nice ro accurately read what you're going to comment on before you make such comments. Ot are you just that anxious ro criticize others?
She should still give the clerk $250,000 because the clerk did tell her that the jackpot was a half a million.
Nice try. A real bush league move o try and make yourself tight when proven wrong.
Statazeet
You know what's going to happen now right? The clerk's going to sue her.
Lucky for the clerk that Marion Forrest didn't follow this thread.
"She should still give the clerk $250,000"
I originally figured you just weren't that good at reading, but I guess the problem is that you're not good at thinking.
Dude, WTF are you talking about? YOU read the story wrong. The clerk told the woman she could win the 500K prize but she did NOT. The woman only won 300 dollars and she split that with the clerk. His half of the money was 150 dollars. This lady is one of the nicest in the world. How many people would split such a small amount of money with a total stranger?
Another nice story and the quote that fit "Never hesitate to make someone's day a little brighter" which is what Marion did for a clerk that is thankful.
She couldn't flip the 86 to 68, she would have kept!
True but she also told the clerk that she would give him half of the $500,000 if she won.
All I can say is "Stupid is as stupid does"
DUH!
It's not stupid. If I told you I was going to give you $250,000 and I didn't man up, you'd be pissed too.
It's not his fault that she has to find a way to muster up $250,000 ...but that's the way life goes, you make a promise you got to stick to it. Oh well!
Maybe she could do monthly payments, say, couple of thousand dollars a month until she pays it off?
Nice to know there's still some good in the world !
"She made a promise that if she were to win it, she would split the winnings with him."
Read the article before commenting.
Exactly!, and he also told her the jackpot was going to be $500,000. Come up with a $250,000 or get sued.
"She made a promise that if she wins it she would split the winnings with him"
she never said "500,000"
The key words here are "if" and "it" clearly they were talking about the JP.
No lawsuit, a Judge would laugh this right out of the court !
She knows "it" the clerk knows" it" and almost everyone here knows "it"
Sometimes HM, no mater how much you try, you can't fix gormless.....
Correct, she never said that but the clerk did. He said the jackpot was a half a million dollars, and she said if she wins, she'll split it with him. So she owes him $250,000.
Do you understand she didn't win any jackpot? It was $300. They can't split a jackpot if a jackpot wasn't won.
She won $300, she split that with him, which she really didn't have to do. She's happy (not gonna sue him), he's happy, it's a happy story. Quit taking a dump on it.
Your reading comprehension is seriously lacking.
I totally understand that she didn't win the half a million, but the clerk told her the jackpot was a half a million so now she is responsible for giving the clerk $250,000, it's only fair. A thousand a month could workout.
Only in your entitled mindset.
Just admit you read the OP wrong instead ot trying to male yourself right.
I assure you I read the entire piece, I'm just saying she owes him $250,000 oh, that's simple.
I'm sure 1000 a month for 250 months wouldn't break her.
Put yourself in her place then
You win $300, give the clerk $150 and he says, "You owe me $250,000"
NOPE.
I really can't believe what I'm reading.
From the story...
While the clerk may have gotten the figure wrong, because there was no recent $500,000 jackpot in the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 game, Forrest did walk away with a $300 prize.
There's a link below the video with the Calif lottery results.
If this is how this guy is on LP, imagine how he is in the real world!
You got THAT right.
He probably tries to swindle everyone he meets.
If "it" is really from CA. That does assist us in clearing up the situation.
I don't doubt for a second that he's so far out at the stupid end of the bell curve that it's nearly impossible to tell that it has a slope, but even exceptionally stupid people would have given up sooner despite their inability to understand something a goldfish could figure out. The asshat may not be as much of a troll as he is a moron, but he's definitely a troll.
People with autism take things literally. I don' know if that is the case with this guy, just throwing that possibility out there.
(250000-tax)/1000, but you must think inflation, so the 1000 is a bit more every month. There is interest and inflation. Once you consume 1000 or more, for those there is no interest or capitalization. ...
The moral of the story, never make a promise to a clerk, you might feel obliged to fulfill the promise. Those feelings again! Any psychologist in the house costing less than 250000 in hours of therapy? ...